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29.0.50; xwidget-webkit cannot render local html file

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: drshapeless <drsl <at> drshapeless.com>
Cc: 55804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55804: 29.0.50; xwidget-webkit cannot render local html file
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 21:22:01 +0800

drshapeless <drsl <at> drshapeless.com> writes:

> I just tried epiphany, it does not open local html as well, instead it
> downloads the local file...
>
> I think it is not a Emacs bug then. There should be something wrong with
> webkitgtk. This behaviour is stupid.

I guess that's because WebKit always tries to download local files.
It's been a while since I looked into that part of the xwidget code.  I
will try to find a way to provide an option to turn that behavior off.

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